Innovation
Prioritizing Equity in Government-Led Innovation Programs
For the second year, college and university students are leveraging the TOP model from Census to build hands-on skills and address some of our nation’s most pressing challenges.
Open Data
Resources on Open Data
Inventory.data.gov Guide —Introduction Features Using inventory.data.gov Creating a User Account Using inventory.data.gov to manage datasets Adding a Dataset …
How to Get Your Open Data on Data.gov —Find out below how federal, federal geospatial, and non-federal data is funneled to Data.gov and how you can get your data federated on …
Tools and Services
Resources.Data.gov —An online repository of policies, schema standards, tools, best practices, and case studies to provide agencies with resources for federal …
Data.gov —Data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications.
Join a Community of Practice
Open Data —A community listserv and working group that unites 900 open data leads at federal agencies, data stewards, and all others in government …
News and Events on Open Data
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Open Data
Census-Led Prize Challenge Incentivizes Using Open Data for Good
The Open Data for Good Grand Challenge is now welcoming submissions from technologists and collaborators focused on deploying products with federal open data, as well as recruiting for qualified judges to score the submissions and help select winners!
COVID-19 is Complex, as is COVID-19 Open Data
COVID-19 Is Complex, as Is COVID-19 Open Data—HHS recently released granular Covid-19 Hospital Data in order improve data sharing to accelerate scientific and public health insights. — via Data.gov
Federal Crowdsourcing
Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar Series, Episode 14: Putting Open Data to Work for America’s Communities
Learn how federal agencies can leverage The Opportunity Project’s adaptable toolkit to engage cross-sector collaborators and rapidly prototype digital products powered by federal open data.
Video
Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar Series, Episode 9: A Match Made in History
History Hub is a crowdsourcing platform that helps the public find historical records.
Open Source
AI Tech Workshop: How to Utilize the Open Source Jupyter Project for your Research
We’ll show you how easy it can be to wrangle data and engage in technical discussions surrounding data, artificial intelligence, machine-learning models.
Improving the Experience of Federal Grant Reporting
The 10x Federal Grant Reporting project team at GSA is investigating opportunities to make the grant reporting process more efficient.
Deep Dive: Using Data Technology + Innovation for Lyme Disease
A 14-week sprint delivered digital tools that used federal open data to address Lyme and tick-borne diseases.
Deep Dive: How a Health Tech Sprint Pioneered an AI Ecosystem
Seven teams created digital tools that help in finding experimental therapies for patients, and for clinical trials to recruit new patients.
Health Tech Sprint Aims at Improving Care Access and Experience
This sprint is designed to improve care by assisting in access to novel therapeutics and improving clinical trials.
Emerging Tech and Open Data for a More Open and Accountable Government
Open data and emerging technologies—including artificial intelligence and distributed ledgers, such as blockchain—hold vast potential to transform public services held back by bureaucracy and outdated IT systems.
New Options Available to Visualize CDC Data
CDC’s surveillance systems track HIV, AIDS, viral hepatitis, STDs, and TB. Getting this information to those who need it most in an accessible, usable, and meaningful format is a primary goal for CDC. The launch of Atlas in 2012 made this a reality with an online resource that gave users tools to create customized tables,
The Data Briefing: How to Best Prepare Federal Government Datasets for Chatbots
Forbes magazine recently ran an article showcasing six handy mobile apps that were built using federal government open data. The apps range from the Alternative Fueling Station Locator to ZocDoc (a doctor locator). What I especially like about the Forbes article is that the author describes the federal government data sets behind each app. There
Inspiring Data Forum at the Canadian Space Agency
Last [month], NASA Open Innovation Program Manager Dr. Beth Beck and her team traveled to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) near Montreal, Canada to attend the Inspiring Data Forum graciously hosted by our Open Data neighbors to the North. The goal of this gathering was to bolster the working relationship between the two Space Agency’s
DigitalGov University in Review: 2016 Training Trends
DigitalGov University (DGU), the events platform for DigitalGov, provides programming to build and accelerate digital capacity by providing webinars and in-person events highlighting innovations, case studies, tools, and resources. Thanks to your participation, DGU hosted over 90 events with 6,648 attendees from over 100 agencies across federal, tribal, state, and local governments.
White House Electric Vehicle Datathon: Unlocking New Opportunities through Data
Summary: The White House is hosting its first-ever Electric Vehicle Datathon, and nominations for participation are now open. Don’t miss your chance to join the discussion! The White House Domestic Policy Council and Office of Science and Technology Policy will convene its first-ever Electric Vehicle (EV) Datathon on November 29. This event, held in partnership
